Biased samples not mode of presentation: Re-examining the apparent underweighting of rare events in experience-based choice

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-179

  Rakow, Tim ^a   Demes, Kali A ^a   Newell, Ben R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor observer differences; Decisions from experience; Description experience; Prospect theory; Rare events; Risky choice; Sampling; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249109442     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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